How to Backup all Applications and Data in Your Android Smart Phone?

Back up is the process of storing files, documents, applications,
contacts and other important data in a secondary storage media for
future reference in case the original one is lost, stolen or damaged by
any means. From this, we can tell backing up our data is an important
task as no one knows when or how our data and applications might get
damaged intentionally as well as accidentally. So, in this article I am
going to describe you various methods which we you can follow to keep
your data and applications safe from such damages.

There are two types of backup that we can perform in our android smart
phone viz. nandroid backup and application backup. While Nandroid backup
is used to back up an exact image of our system including system files,
applications, data, recovery, boot image, and secondary ext partition
(if any), Application backup backs up your data and application. Also
another difference among Nandroid Backup and Simple Application Backup
is in terms of environment requirement needed for them to perform the
task. The former one requires you to flash a custom recovery while the
later one requires you have a rooted smartphone. It is to be noted that
some applications used to backup our data can also backup system
applications, but not all can do this.

Here are the steps you need to follow to perform an Nandroid backup of
your android system. Also since Nandroid backup takes large memory, 150+
MB, depending upon your data and applications, so it is required that
you have enough free space in your sdcard otherwise you might get an
error while backing up your system.

4. Wait till the backup process is finished. It may take about 4-10 minutes depending upon your applications and data.

5. Reboot your device when it is finished.

You have now successfully done a Nandroid Backup of your smart phone. It
is always a good idea to do a nandroid backup once a month. If you ever
get system issues or instability problem just restore the previous back
up you made when your system was stable and working just fine. Also, it
is necessary to do and nadnroid backup when you are about to flash a
tweak or anything that may change system settings. This might cause you
to lose data that were installed after the backup was done. The backup
is however stored in your sdcard inside backup folder of clockworkmod
folder.

That was all about nandroid backup, now i will tell you how you can
perform a simple application backup. As you can see the applications and
data installed after a backup are gone/deleted when you restore it at a
later time. So, it is always a good practice to do a nandroid backup
once a month or two and also backup your data and app regularly at least
twice a week. It will ensure that all your data and app are safe and
secure.

Application back up is done with the help of various applications. You
can find tons of applications on market that can perform such task and
choose the best one for you, but here I will list some that are most
popular and worth a try. Titanium Backup Pro (most popular and used by
many android users), My Backup Pro, App Monster, App Control, Install Manager Pro, Root Manager
are some of the mostly used backup utility on android platform. The
methodology of backing up your data and smartphone may vary with the
variation of app you are using. So, it is recommended you read the help
file found on app accessible through menu button or visit the
developer's site for more details on how to use them.

Titanium Backup allows you a one click batch backup and restore of apps
and data including system applications. So, it is preferred over other.
Similarly, another notable point of App Monster is you can backup the
apps as you install them automatically and also have the flexibility to
delete the backup when you uninstall an application. You are recommended
to try these and find the one that best suits your requirement. Don't
forget to tell me which one do you use or like the most at the comments
below.